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Daniel Penny show trial: Judge allows prosecution to swap out charge in bid to secure a conviction Judge Maxwell Wiley on Friday went along with a bizarre proposal from Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Dafna Yoran to avoid a mistrial by allowing her to drop a manslaughter charge against Daniel Penny to try and secure a conviction on a lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide. (Article by Chris Menahan republished from InformationLiberation.com) From The […]

Bashar al-Assad Ousted as Syrian Leader Following 12-Day OffensiveIsrael & U.S. Bomb Syria as Questions Swirl over Future of Post-Assad SyriaIsrael Kills Dozens in Gaza; Electricity, Oxygen & Water Cut at Kamal Adwan HospitalTrump Calls for Ukraine Ceasefire After Meeting Zelensky & MacronBiden Administration to Send Ukraine Another $1 BillionTrump Vows to Pardon Jan. 6 Rioters, Calls for Jailing of House Jan. 6 Committee MembersTrump Calls for End to Birthright […]

China responds to Trump threat of 100% tariffs on goods from BRICS countries by expanding relationship with its dollar-busting allies The economic relationship between Russia and China is strengthening after President-elect Donald Trump threatened Beijing with "100% tariffs" should the communist state join the other BRICS nations in developing a trading alternative to the U.S. dollar. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian responded to Trump's threat this week by […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: We spend the hour looking at the fall of the Syrian government and its impact on the Middle East and worldwide, after armed forces entered the capital city of Damascus Sunday, bringing an end to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and his family’s more than 50-year rule. Armed opposition groups have overthrown al-Assad’s regime in Syria following […]

Trump’s plan to use military for mass deportation of migrants constitutional, claims RealClearWire Though many legal scholars and commentators say otherwise, President-elect Donald Trump's plan to use the United States military to help round up and deport illegal aliens could be constitutional after all. RealClearWire's Patrick O'Malley and Joe Buccino claim that anyone who opposes Trump's plan to use the military to deal with the migrant problem "misreads both […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, as we continue to look at how the Assad family has lost control of Syria after more than half a century of brutal dictatorship, following a rapid advance of rebel fighters. Today, U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Syria. The […]

German city’s demographics are changing dramatically as Germans become a minority in their own country The demographics of the German city of Hamburg have undergone a dramatic transformation in recent years that is seeing Germans quickly becoming a minority in their own country. According to data from the State Statistical Office, more than 40% of people in Hamburg have a background linked to migration, which amounts to nearly 800,000 […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, as we continue to look at the fall of the Assad regime with activist and award-winning filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab. She was forcibly displaced from her hometown of Aleppo with her family in 2016. Her Oscar-nominated film For Sama, released in 2019, offered a […]

Ontario healthcare workers file CA$170M class action suit over province’s workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandate A group of healthcare workers in Ontario who say their rights were infringed upon after refusing to go along with Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine mandates in the workplace have filed a CA$170 million ($121 million) class action lawsuit against the Ontario provincial government and its chief medical officer. The lawsuit was brought forth by the United […]